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Comment by Cymre

At one stage she was gated by a Level 3 Pet Menagerie but the condition was changed in a previous build. She's also the daughter of Belloc Brightblade the archaeology trainer in Orgrimmar although he doesn't have much of a moral compass. In this case, the apple does fall far from the tree.

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Comment by Tritox

This tamer is difficult to beat if you have lowbie pet in your team for leveling purposes or if you are going for An Awfully Big Adventure. For the achievement you don't actually have to use the Elekk Plushie, it can just hang around in team without ever participating the battle. However, against Cymre this isn't an option as her pets have abilities which are rather hard to counter with only two max level pets and require lots of things to avoid:

Idol of Decay has Rot and Swarm of Flies which form a deadly combo to ANY pet. Swarm will keep damaging your pets for several turns even after Idol dies. On top of those, Idol also has Dark Rebirth which will hamper your try if it is casted.

Wishbright Lantern isn't really much better with Illuminate (sets Sunny Day) and Wish. If Wish goes off to any opponent pet, it's game over. You can't effectively stall against this pet due to Arcane Blast and heavy nuking is hindered as well due to the Magic racial.

One big problem of this fight the part after getting Idol down. You are left with Swarm of Flies dealing moderate damage when Lantern comes into play. It will always cast Illuminate first doing nasty damage and then followed by Arcane Blast or Wish if it's HP too low. There's no way to kill it in two turns without Wish being casted because the pet's passive ability from Magic school. In fact - so far I haven't been able to prevent Wish being casted which makes things even harder because Wish needs to land AFTER Lantern dies or it will heal Gyrexle instead. If Sunny Day is still active, results are again devastating.

I have found a rather solid way to beat her with a carry pet - let be a lowbie or the Elekk Plushie. The most essential part of it is Nature's Ward from Winter Reindeer. It helps to negate Idol's dot and heals Reindeer in backrow during pet swaps.

Idol will cast Rot in the next turn so recast Nature's Ward - it will negate the Undead transformation from Rot.

Smack Idol some more twice with Hoof.

What happens next depends on how much HP does the Idol still have:

If Idol has more than 270ish HP, cast one more Hoof. If Idol dies to the Hoof, jump to the step 9, otherwise continue to next step.

If Idol has less than 270ish HP, continue to the next step.

Now that the Idol is at ~270 HP or less, he will cast Dark Rebirth on the next turn. You don't want kill him just yet, so cast Bleat instead.

Rot cooldown is ready again,so refresh Nature's Ward to counter the transformation from Rot. At this point Dark Rebirth will drop off.

Cast one more Hoof to finish off Idol and trigger the UD racial. Proceed to step 12.

Idol died but is resurrected by the Undead racial. Dark Rebirth will be it's next cast so and the Idol WILL get healed to full by DR. Your move is to cast Bleat to heal up meanwhile. Next part is just to delay and wait for the Dark Rebirth to kill Idol permanently.

Refresh next your Nature's Ward, it will again counter Rot as well. After that drop one last Hoof to the Idol to get his HP down to prevent Idol getting his Rot cooldown ready before it dies.

You have still one more round to spare, so recast Nature's Ward once more.

Next swap in Infinite Whelpling for the first time. The Idol will die for good at this point.

With Lantern down, only one pet remains. Swap back to Reindeer; if you don't, there's a good chance your Whelpling will die to the first Railgun from Cyrexle combied with Swarm of Flies tick.

Cast Bleat for some heal and followed by Nature's Ward. The first Launch Rocket will land when casting the latter.

Swap to Whelpling again while the second rocket is built. Next use Early Advantage to deliver some HURT on the robot. This will force Cyrexle to use Repair on the next round.

Land two Tail Sweeps during the Repair. Cyrexle dies first time after the first sweep but Repair will be done after the second sweep (which doesn't kill the robot unless you have gotten a crit(s)), so you don't have enough firepower to beat him yet.

Instead of attacking, cast Healing Flame followed by another Early Advantage. At this point your whelp should be around 400-600 HP, dragonkin racial active and Cyrexle with very low HP.

Try casting another Tail Sweep to end the battle. If your whelp gets rocketed to bits and pieces before that, just finish off the robot with one or two precise Hoof-on-the-groins from your Reindeer.

This tactic might not be the best or the fastest way to deal Cymre, but it works almost always unless some unlucky crit mess things up.

Comment by schnookems

I misunderstood her order of pets so I was expecting Wishbright to come out last. Hence why I had Fel Flame ready at the end. But it still worked out well. My Fel Flame still had ~75% HP at the end of the fight; other two pets had died.

1. Start with your Anubisath Idol and deflect Rot (and keep on deflecting it whenever it comes off CD). Keep sandstorm up and keep on crushing the idol until it dies. It doesn't really matter if it uses dark rebirth, you will not take any damage from this guy.

2. Lantern comes up. If you can, change the weather with your Idol's sandstorm. Either way switch in your Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling and bash Lantern with breath until it dies.

3. Gyrexle comes up. On his second turn switch in your leveling pet (Gyrexle will be building his rocket). Otherwise keep up your dragongling, use breathe, bombing run and decoy and you should be able to finish this guy off.

Comment by Leoralee

I was able to beat her with

dandelion frolickerfel flameelementium geode

Comment by SilentLucidity

I've had good luck with a crab (I used Emperor Crab), a dragon (Crimson Whelpling), and Kun-Lai Runt. For the first guy, if he gets low enough to cast his rez, just use shell and heal on your crab until the buff goes away, then kill him. The second guy is annoying with his giant heal, but you can get lucky. And then Kun-Lai runt just kicks the crap out of the robot, with Takedown, Frost Shock, and Deep Freeze. Have fun!

Comment by Vesla

I did it with this lineup:

Lucky Quilen CubWild Crimson HatchlingWater Waveling.

Comment by youdontdeserveit

This is a fight that can be a piece of cake (if you replace the leveling pet with a lvl 25 dragonkin or elemental dealing), but it can be doable with a high-end leveling pet.

For me, a combo that works (most of the time at least) with a pet to level of level 20 or so with high damage input (sorry, this is the best I can come up with), is the following: 1. Anubisath Idol (Crush, Sandstorm, Deflection) 2. Fel Flame (Burn, Immolate, Conflagrate) 3. Pet to lvl up. The fight gets considerably easier if you go with an elemental or dragonkin-damage dealer pet.

You start with Anubisath Idol.

Idol of Decay appears: 1. Deflection, so you won't be turned into Undead and eaten alive by the swarm. 2. Sandstorm, to greatly diminish damage received. 3. Crush until the pet dies, using Deflection when the CD is up (to avoid getting turned into Undead) and Sandstorm when the CD goes off.

In order for this to work, you need to time it so, when Idol of Decay dies for good, your Deflection is up and your Sandstorm is, at most, with one round of CD.

Wishbright Lantern appear:1. Deflection, to avoid the damage from his weather-changing ability. 2. Sandstorm, to change the weather away from sunny, which greatly benefits the Lantern. 3. Crush until the CD from Wishbright's weather-changing ability is up. When that happens, Deflect and Sandstorm again.

After Wishbright uses Wish, keep going at it until Anubisath Idol is dead, then bring your leveling pet and finish him.

Pandaren Fire Spirit was great here as he is strong against Gyrexle, The Eternal Mechanic and in turn also takes less damage from mechanical. Lil'Ragnaros could go here if you have him or Harbinger of Flame although Harbinger is a Humanoid.

Keeping Swarm of Flies up all the time and Tongue Lash till the frog is around 50%- 60% then Healing Wave just to stay in the fight through the undead passive and Dark Rebirth. Idol should go down no problem.

Comment by Madja

I've used a few hours to try and find a setup that will allow me to use a leveling pet and still beat her every time and I believe I've found it. It does require some patience though. I'd say it'll take 50+ rounds.

From here on you just repeat the rotation, except you switch to Chi-chi and use Tranquility twice instead of switching in the levelling pet.

As you can see you'll be countering Rot every time, with either Ethereal or Decoy. Tranquility will keep Chi-chi and the Dragonling healed through the DoT and all the damage comes from Thunderbolt.

The important thing to remember is that you don't ever use your first slot abilities. The reason for this is that you don't want to kill Idol of Decay first as it's very easy to deal with and by using Thunderbolt you'll be killing the entire enemy team at the same time.

As long as you get the cool-down timing right I believe this setup is 100% certain to win every time.

The only point where it can be a bit tricky is when Idol of Decay uses Dark Rebirth instead of Rot. This is somewhat predictable though as he only uses it when he's under 300-250 health. Even if you do get it wrong you'll have enough HP to spare to take a hit from Rot.

There is also a chance that, because of critical hits, the Icon will die first. However with him being Undead and with his Dark Rebirth, I believe this is very unlikely. Even if it were to happen the leftover pets will have a low enough amount of HP that a single Fire Quills or Breath will finish them off.

For those interested, this is the entire rotation I used:

Ethereal

Switch to Mechanical Dragonling

Thunderbolt

Switch to Chi-chi

Ethereal

Tranquility

Switch to Mechanical Dragonling

Thunderbolt

Decoy

Switch to leveling pet

Switch to Chi-chi

Tranquility

Ethereal

Switch to Mechanical Dragonling

Thunderbolt

Switch to Chi-chi

Ethereal

Tranquility

Switch to Mechanical Dragonling

Thunderbolt

Decoy

Switch to Chi-chi

Tranquility

Tranquility

Ethereal

Switch to Mechanical Dragonling

Thunderbolt

Switch to Chi-chi

Ethereal

Tranquility

Switch to Mechanical Dragonling

Thunderbolt

Decoy

Switch to Chi-chi

Tranquility

Tranquility

Ethereal

Switch to Mechanical Dragonling

Thunderbolt

Switch to Chi-chi

Ethereal

Tranquility

Switch to Mechanical Dragonling

Thunderbolt

Decoy (He used Dark Rebirth here)

Pass

Pass

Pass

Thunderbolt

Do whatever you like (Waiting for undead passive to run out)

Comment by larrieuxa

i found this one difficult and tried about five combinations before winning. my winning team was:

i didn't end up needing the third pet, but it was Sunweaver Microsentry.

Comment by cephadex

This NPC has:

1. Undead (use critter)

2. Magic (use dragonkin)

3. Mechanical (use elemental)

(And this was rated down why...?)

Comment by DeadlyWanderer

I have managed to do it with Leopard Tree Frog (Tongue Lash, Healing Wave, Swarm of Flies), Proto-Drake Whelp (Breath, Ancient Blessing, Proto-Strike) and Fel Flame (Burn, Immolate, Conflagrate) - Worked like a charm for me.

Comment by marcblack

vs Idol of Decay- Deflection > Sandstorm- From here on cast Deflection when Idol of Decay has Rot off cooldown, Crush until it dies

vs Wishbright Lantern- Cast Deflection when Lantern has Illuminate off cooldown, Sandstorm when off cooldown, Crush until your Anubisath Idol dies.- Switch to carry pet, switch to Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling- Cast Thunderbolt when off cooldown, Breath until Lantern dies. Keep your Decoy up for the next fight.

vs Gyrexle- Decoy when off cooldown, Thunderbolt when off cooldown, Breath until Gyrexle dies.

Comment by cephadex

This NPC has:

1. Undead (use critter)

2. Magic (use dragonkin)

3. Mechanical (use elemental)

Comment by inhighspeed

I lost to her once, but then came back with a shore crab, who beat the first guy and most of the second, then finished up with a nexus whelpling and a level 22 fel flame which blew him away. If you use the whelpling definitely use tail sweep. All of her pets have 2 lives so you basically have to live through 6 pretty tough opponents.

Comment by cmered

Emperor CrabSpawn Of OnyxiaJadefire Spirit

Comment by Ofire

Anubisath Idol (1,1,1)Mechanical Dragonling (1,2,2)Carry Pet

vs Idol of Decay

1. Deflection (unless he is around 200 hp, then he casts Dark Rebirth, so just pass, once he has cast rebirth, prepare to Deflection) to block Rot. Pass again until Dark Rebirth has dropped.2. Sandstorm on CD (unless you can kill him without it, try to save it to counter Wishbright)3. Crush as filler. Once his dark rebirth has ended, just crush him until he is dead.

vs Wishbright Lantern

1. Cast Deflection if it is up, else use sandstorm. 2. Cast sandstorm if up, else just start spamming crush until your idol or he is dead, keep sandstorm on CD3. Once your idol dies, bring in your carry pet, then instantly switch to Mechanical dragonling4. hopefully one or 2 breaths will kill him, save thunderbolt and decoy for the last guy

vs Gyrexle

1. Cast Decoy2. cast thunderbolt3. cast breath until you can thunderbolt him again(he might heal, just keep going)4. Cast breath until he dies

I have repeated this exact procedure around 7-8 times without fail, maybe if your rng is stupid unlucky you will fail, but if it happens just heal up, and try again. Good Luck everyone!

Also some credit goes to marcblack, I just took his strat and perfected it after a couple hours of testing.

EDIT: Hey guys, I have updated the first part of this strat so people can hopefully better understand Dark Rebirth and how to play around it. ~11/15/2015~

Comment by jjanchan

Here's a guide to using two easy-to-obtain pets to defeat this team. Using this method, you can carry low-level pets and power level them.

StrategyThis fight is about optimizing your turns to counter any abilities of the opposing teams. It takes some anticipation, as the opponents turns may vary, but I believe it's possible to predict any outcome!

Idol of DecayIdol of Decay starts with using Rot, and subsequently every time it is off cooldown, (except when low in health, as I'll explain below) then spams Swarm of Flies the rest of the time. If using this strategy you somehow get hit with Rot, it's best to restart, as you will likely not be able to win.

PART AIf Idol of Decay is above 300 HP: Use Deflection for turn 1 to avoid Rot, and then after this every time it is off cooldown use Deflection again. On turn 2 use Sandstorm, but DO NOT use it again against the Idol of Decay, as it needs to be up for Wishbright Lantern. Use Crush as your filler ability.

PART BIf Idol of Decay has dropped below 300 HP OR you have just triggered the Undead passive by killing him:If Deflection is off cooldown (and you would normally use it to avoid Rot), use Crush instead, as Idol of Decay is going to use Dark Rebirth. On the NEXT turn after Dark Rebirth, the Idol of Decay will use Rot, which you simply avoid with Deflection. If he doesn't use Rot. keeping hitting him with Crush until he does.If Deflection is still on cooldown when the Idol of Decay drops below 300 HP, simply refer to PART A and proceed as usual.

NOTE: It is OK if Dark Rebirth triggers and Idol of Decay heals up. Follow the PART A strategy and he will be dead soon.

Wishbright Lantern will use Illuminate on turn 1, which is why you need to have Sandstorm off cooldown to change the weather back. If Deflection is available (off cooldown), use it on turn 1 to avoid Illuminate damage. Otherwise, use Sandstorm on turn 1 (as you will go second). Use Sandstorm every time it is off cooldown from now on.

Gyrexle, the Eternal MechanicWhen Gyrexle comes out, switch for your low level pet (who will take 1 round of Railgun, hence needs to have at least 500 HP to be guaranteed to survive). After the low level pet attacks once, switch back to your dragonling. Continue to use Decoy, then Thunderbolt when off cooldown, and Breath as filler until Gyrexle is dead!

Alternatively, if you want to try a lower level pet, just switch it in right after your Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling uses Decoy. Then switch back to the Dragonling to finish it off!

There you have it!

Comment by Abbotta

I did it and with a damn rare Frostfur Rat that school Gyrexle! She had good backup with a level 24 rare Emerald Proto-Whelp and Level 25 Rare Fel Flame. Those 2 were the expected for the Magic and Mechanical. But my Anubisath Idol was only level 16 and not ready for this battle. But that little Frostfur Rat has been a powerhouse against the undead. Start with Call Darkness and the Crouch. Then just keep hitting it with Flurry until you can use Call Darkness and Crouch again. I got down to the last 200 on that undead (after the full reheal mind you) until my lil gal finally dropped dead. But she's done me proud!

Comment by Talacko

I found this fight quite simple with use just two lvl 25 pets and the third one for leveling purposes.

First fight is just so ease, if you choose the Anubisath Idol going to battle against the Idol of Decay. For the first time and everytime use the Deflection against the Rot. In the second round cast Sandstorm and keep it up always. Due to its damage reduction, the Sandstorm will harm the Anubisath just for 28 damage and he will heal to his full HP everytime he damages the enemy.

Do not worry when the Idol of Decay casts the Dark Rebirth. If you will keep the rotation, Anubisath will finish this round always with full HP. Also, there is a chance that the Idol of Decay will cast the Dark Rebirth in a bad time and it will not work on him.

The second fight against the Wishbright Lantern is just about how fast you can kill her. In the first round against her, still keep the Anubisath Idol in the field, use the Deflection to block the damage from the Illuminate. In the second round, you have to sacrifice some of the Anubisath's HP, because it is mostly needed to negate the Illuminate by using the Sandstorm.

Next round, change from the Anubisath Idol to the Sen'jin Fetish or other undead pet with similiar skills. You will need just Flame Breath and Wild Magic. First time, use Wild Magic on the Lantern and damage her with Flame Breath until she will be dead. Mostly, the Fetish will survive with around 350-400 HP to the last fight. Do not worry about the Wish, the Lantern will never be in time to heal from it.

When the Gyrexle, the Eternal Mechanic will come to the field, get off the Fetish and slide out your leveling pet for encountering the entire fight. Probably, there will be needed a pet around level 16+ because of its HP. Mostly, the Gyrexle, the Eternal Mechanic use the Railgun as his first attack which will deal 650 dmg in average. On the second round, change back to your Sen'jin Fetish. Use the Wild Magic. After all you will be able to harm the enemy 2 or 3 times when the Fetish will be dead, so you have to deal with the last pet with the Anubisath. Just try to reflect the Launch Rocket with the Deflection. Sometimes, Gyrexle will not release the rocket on the 2nd round after its charging, so you must count with it. But after all, when he use the Repair, you have 2 free rounds to damage him without fear.

In average, I always end this fight when Anubisath has around 100-150 HP. It has not happened yet that Gyrexle could be able to kill the Anubisath sooner than he did.

I hope that my experience will add some helpful news to that post and just enjoy the pet battles. :)

Comment by HelloKitty

The most reliable 2-man strategy I've found has involved the fan favorite Anubisath Idol and the new Nightshade Sproutling.

Going S/S Nightshade Sproutling with Lash/Call Darkness/Fist of the Forest.

Protip: With anubisath, DO NOT take Earthquake. His other '2' ability is far better for this. Earthquake lowers his accuracy (while the opponent is not affected) AND lowers the enemy's damage taken. The shield lasts longer, absorbs more, and is overall better.

Protip2: Use the shield when the opponent Idol is at-or-around 250 HP and he will waste his reincarnate move and not get resurrected.

Once the lantern spawns, you simply swap in your Nightshade and Call Darkness. That'll lower his healing effectiveness and essentially neuter him. Fist of the Forest and Lash will then make quick work of him.

The last guy is even easier. Rocket hits weak while Lash + Fist absolutely demolish him and you've still got a full-HP Anubisath in the works. Swap in your leveling pet whenever he's about to build a rocket (eg, turn 2) for the free EXP.

Final tip: If your leveling pet is above 10-ish (or magic type) and can survive a Rot hit, start off with the leveling pet, take the first rot, then swap to Anubisath.

Comment by Thannya

Emperor crab on second place with shield and healing mist up always, attacks with snap. Took a while, but when first opponent's pet died, I was full HP. Managed to do most of the second, then switched to Nexus whelpling, with tail sweep and healing when possible. Whelpling did die, but I still had the crab.At first place, there was elekk plushie who I dragged around for leveling purposes and achievement. He took the first attack (Rot).And, yes, I didn't one shot this, took me few tries, but it was the only combo that worked for me.

Comment by Teke

I did this one last today and really wasn't paying much attention until I got to Cymre but as of today 12/5 her pets were Legendary quality with a slightly larger health pool. It didn't seem to affect the 2 pet strategy though.

Comment by Raynet

i used anubiseth idol 1-1-1onyxian whelpling 2-2-2and elekk

start with deflect, then sandstorm and then just keep these up until first pet dead.on second pet try time it so your deflect is ready to cast at once, then sandstorm.change to your whelpling and kill that lamp dead!

whelp should still be alive when the last pet is summoned out, scourch the ground so the robot takes dmg over several rounds. use elekk to soak the dmg from the rocket he builds.

Won't go turn by turn, but I will say that with some common sense, and despite my stupidity in overlooking Burrow, the Corgi finished the fight and never needed to use Cauterize. Earned his 25 the hard way.

Not the best team, just another idea in case you are minus the pets necessary for the easy kill.

Comment by lycanhero7

Comment by mysticlure

So, this was a huge pain in the butt. For those out there that want more options, I used: 1. Dandelion Frolicker 2. Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling 3. Ammen Vale Lashing (however, i didnt ever have to use the last pet).

Start with Kick, then Frolic, then just spam Scratch till Kick is available again. That should kill the first pet. With second start with Breath, then Decoy, then Thunderbolt. Spam breath till Thunderbolt becomes available again. Save the next Decoy for the last pet and use it immediately. Then rinse and repeat. Hopefully you wont have to use the third pet at all if you have these two lvl 25 pets.

GL

MysticLure

Comment by CaalisOfSundorne

Easy victory today with an odd combo of pets.

Lava Crab Tideskipper Pandaren Air Spirit

Her first pet, Idol of Decay, doesn't hit all that hard. Her other two pets do hit hard. So my strategy was to use Magma Wave and Tidal Wave to destroy her back line of pets without actually having to face them. This worked extremely well. It also did slow damage to Idol of Decay, causing it to use Dark Revival before it actually died so it had no effect.

Comment by BikerGirl69

I used the Anubisath Idol, Onyxian Whelping, and a Stunted Shardhorn. It handled things nicely.

Start with Deflect, then Sandstorm, then Crush. Use Deflect whenever it's available.

Deep breath, healing flame, and breath through to the 3rd pet.

The shardhorn used Trumpet Strike, Trample, and Smash to finish off the 3rd pet.

Comment by matoh

Don't be intimidated by the lady's legendary pet! The fight is actually very easy and you can win easily obtainable pet.

Idol of Decay : Use frogs, any kind of frog really, I used Jungle Darter from Jade Forest. This is because frogs have critter attack, which is very strong against undead and have heal, which help you survive the long fight.

Wishbright Lantern: use dragonkin pet with dragonkin attacks and heals,. The dragonkin attacks are strong again this magic-type lamp and the lamp will cause Sunlight which increase the heal that you too can benefit from.

Gyrexle, the Eternal Mechanic; use elementals with burst attack to overcome his high health. I used Electrified Razortooh which has two very strong burst (jolt and paralyzing shock).

I started off with the Arctic Hare vs the undead pet, using Dodge against his first move, followed with Stampede for the damage boost, then Flurry. I repeated Flurry till my Hare was dead. A level 25 Hare may survive. In my case, my level 24 Hare died right before her Undead pet did.

I then brought out the Emerald Proto Whelp to use against her Magic pet. The trick with this one is to kill it before its heal pops. I opened with Emerald Presence for survivability (This may not be necessary if you have trouble killing it before the heal. You may try keeping Ancient Blessing instead and saving a round off the top.) I followed with Proto-Strike, then repeated Breath a few times. For me, this killed it right before it's heal went off.

I kept my Whelp up, using Breath against the Mechanical till it died before finally switching to my Hatchling. With the Hatchling, I opened with Immolate, followed with Conflagrate, and repeated Burn's for 3 rounds then repeated the combo.

This got me through. Cheers

Comment by Superfluowow

Comment by saedo

Anubisath Idol and Kun-Lai Runt was the pair for me.

Anubisath IdolDeflect every Rot CD, otherwise Sandstorm and Crush. Until Idol of Decay's health is low, 200ish or less as that seems to trigger Dark Rebirth. Save Deflect for the turn after to continue avoiding Rot. Idol of Decay will die soon and you'll probably still be at full HP.

With Wishbright Lantern, Deflect first to avoid the Illuminate, then Sandstorm to take the Sunny Day away. Crush til death.

Kun-Lai RuntBring out to finish off Wishbright Lantern. Just Frost Shock and Takedown. No stunning so it doesn't switch out.

With Gyrexle, Frost Shock, Deep Freeze, Takedown. Can also switch in a levelling pet inbetween before finishing it off.

Comment by jackbang

I don't have many pets at all, very few fancy ones, but I was able to beat her with: Dancing Water Skimmer, Emerald Proto Whelp, and Terrible Turnip (the only high-level elemental pet I had!)

Comment by BloodShine

DARK PHOENIX HATCHLING Imolate burn burn burn until enemy dies. use dark rebirth when low or about to die.both you and the enemy will have a dark rebirth. use immolate again, burn until he dies,

you still have enough hp left to use one more immolate on the lanternlantern will throw sunny day, dark phoenix hatchling will die.

WILD CRIMSON HATCHLING (or any dragon with scorched earth)

hit scorched earth,cancel lanterns sunny day.scorched earth reduces lantern hp by halfkill with more dragon attacks before it can heal.

use whatever hp is left over to bring down clockwork gnome's health.

finish off with SPAWN OF GNATHUS or any other elemental that has dive. hit with any elemental attack, wait for him to pull rocket.dive to reduce chance of getting hit with rocket, then kill as you would normally any other mechanic battle pet.

works every week as a daily

Comment by maryalice

Based on BloodShine's theory, I finally got this to work where others suggestions failed.

This is what I did:

Dark Phoenix Hatchling (vs) Idol Of DecayImmolateBurnBurnBurnImmolateConflagrateThe Hatchling died when the Idol had a few HP left, so I swapped in the Wild Crimson Hatchling with a tail swipe to finish it off.

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Comment by Marigan

As this was excruciatingly painful to try and follow the suggestions here with the limited pets available, I had no success. I kept trying similar combinations and eventually found this to work for me:

Anubisath Idol 1,1,1Elekk PlushieScourged Whelpling 2,2,1

For most everyone mentioning here, Anubisath Idol rotation is quite specific in order to help keep it alive and go onto Wishbright Lantern.

It took me 40 rounds to go with switching out to the Elekk Plushie when Dark Rebirth was about to go off to help keep Idol of Decay from getting its health back and for Launch Rocket going off from Gyrexle.

Repeat, until Idol of Decay is dead - the other 2 will die in the meantime.

It takes about 70 rounds and is really boring, but I didn't fail a single time.

Comment by mykro9

Am I the only one that doesn't see the risk/reward for Cymre being worth it? I have noticed a bunch of VERY long strategies for beating her with a carry pet, and it seems that a better use of your time would be to skip her, or beat her fast with 3 level 25 pets and grind carry pet levels on wild pets, or ANYBODY else?

Comment by jostaff

Recently found a reliable (although somewhat slow) 2-pet method to beat Cymre's team that bypasses her lantern and robot all together. It would work great for the Elekk plushie achievement or any carry pet, as long as they can take a few hundred damage (so maybe level 5 or 6 at least). The idea behind this strategy is to kill her back row pets without ever needing to fight them.

Pets:Singing Sunflower (with Photosynthesis and SunlightPandaren Fire Spirit (with Magma Wave and Cauterize)Carry Pet (make sure they can take at few hundred damage, from 2 rounds of the Idol's swarm)

NOTE: The Pandaren Fire Spirit could easily be replaced with any pet that has Cauterize and Magma Wave, like an easier to get Lava Crab. Heck, you could probably get away without the Cauterize and be fine. I'd also imagine a pet with Tidal Wave and a heal could work as well, although it won't be able to kill the robot pet before the Idol is killed).

Steps (starting with the Singing Sunflower):

Photosynthesis (Idol does Decay)

Sunlight

Photosynthesis

Photosynthesis

Photosynthesis (Idol does Decay)

Swap to Pandaren Fire Spirit

Magma Wave

Magma Wave or Cauterize (depending on how safe you feel with HP)

Swap to Singing Sunflower (Idol does Decay)

Sunlight

Photosynthesis

Photosynthesis

Photosynthesis (Idol does Decay)

Swap to Pandaren Fire Spirit

Magma Wave

Magma Wave or Cauterize (depending on how safe you feel with HP)

repeat steps 9 - 16 until he Idol is almost dead (by this point the backrow pets will be either near death or dead)

Once the Idol is near death swap in the carry pet after the Idol uses Decay on the Sunflower

Have the carry pet do anything

If necessary, swap the Singing Sunflower back in and finish the fight off (it doesn't matter if the Idol gets Dark Rebirth off, he'll just do a little more damage to the Sunflower and kill himself off. If anything, it gives you a few more rounds to kill the back row pets if they aren't dead yet)

Comment by Xadoxnite

A strider can easily solo the idol while taking very little damage and healing up easily. I've done it with a p/s eternal strider and the s/s aqua.

Comment by Jacksavage

The pets I used:

Spineclaw Crab P/P: Rip, Healing Wave, Blood in the Water

Harbinger of Flame P/P: Burn, Immolate, Impale

Carry Pet

Idol of Decay VS Spineclaw Crab

Rip, Blood in the Water, Rip, Healing Wave. Spam Rip until the Idol's undead phase is over and it heals to full. When it does, use Blood in the Water, followed by Healing Wave. Swap to Harbinger of Flame. Wishbright Lantern is now active.

Wishbright Lantern VS Harbinger of Flame

Immolate, Burn, Burn, Impale. Wishbright Lantern will die and its Wish will be wasted. Gyrexle, the Eternal Mechanic will arrive and kill Harbinger of Flame.

Spineclaw Crab vs Gyrexle, the Eternal Mechanic

Rip, Healing Wave, Blood in the Water. Gyrexle will start to repair. Swap in your carry pet, swap back in your Spineclaw Crab. Rip, Healing Wave, Blood in the Water. Gyrexle will attempt to repair. Spineclaw Crab should be able to finish it off.

Comment by ISiarI

I found a two pet strategy that works every time and does not make the fight overly long.

Sunflower heals and outlasts Idol and Life Exchange counters Wish. In the end Gyrexle is a pushover for Sunflower.

Start with Sunflower. Use Photosynthesis then Sunlight. Swap in your leveling Pet (it will take a tick but its only 117 dmg, even level 1 pets can take that if they are not undead, or you catch a crit).Switch back to Sunflower, refresh Potosynthesis then use Solar Beam.Refresh Sunlight then Photosynthesis then use Solar Beam and kill Idol.Idol will use Rebirth but thats fine. The important part now is to let it die on its own.

Refresh Photosynthesis then Sunlight again. (the third Sunlight is important because the dmg combined with the weather effect will convince Lantern that it needs to use Wish right away)Keep refreshing Photosynthesis until Idol is dead.At this point Sunflower should have anything from 400-800 health, depending on if Idol got crits or not.

Send Sunflower with 5 stacks of Photosynthesis in the backline to heal up and let Yu'la take over.Lantern uses Wish, use Emerald Presence.Lantern casts Illuminate and heals to full, use Life Exchange to turn the tables.Now Yu'la has lots of health, Breath is strong against magic and Wish is on cooldown.Use Breath until Lantern is dead.

Gyrexle enters; switch back to Sunflower who should be healed up nicely.Use Photosynthesis and refresh Sunlight if its 3 rounds or less remaining.Use Solar Beam. From here on make sure you have at least 4 rounds of Sunlight and Photosynthesis before using Solar Beam and you cant lose.

This combo made the figth so easy that i nearly wondered why i ever struggled with it.

*edit*

To speed things up a little bit when fighting Gyrexle use Solar Beam first and kill him right away.Then Sunlight followed by Photosynthesis, then Solar Beam and Solar Beam again when the recharge ends.This should still work 100% if Sunflower has above 1000 hp when starting against Gyrexle.

Comment by Completegibberis

Well....Slow roll method :)

Puddle TerrorSinging sunflowerCarry pet

Start with carry pet, attackSwap to either

SunlightPhotosynthesis or Natures Ward, whichever you swapped to.Swap to otherSunlightPhotosynthesis or Natures Ward, whichever you swapped to.Swap to otherSunlightPhotosynthesis or Natures Ward, whichever you swapped to.

You get the idea :)

It's about a 3 minute spooge win It kills the backrow pets 1-2 turns before the idol

Both pets are easily obtainable. Sunflower just do the Lawn of the Dead Quest in Tarran Mil Puddle Terror on Ah for about 300g.

Comment by Halleewell

I worked on this for quite awhile because I didn't have the pets required, and I wanted to level my Peddlefeet.

Peddlefeet - lovestruck (has to be able to take one hit from Idol of Decay

This will stun the idol, and it will swap out with Wishbright Lantern. Swap to Emerald Proto-Whelp

The fight: Idol of Decay:Start with Anubisath Idol. Deflect immediately the Rot from Idol of Decay. Follow-up with Sandstorm. Keep crushing and be sure to deflect whenever it is off CD, it shares the CD with rot. The only exception is when the Idol reaches 200hp or less, wait until after he has rebirthed. THEN deflect. Save your Sandstorm so that you are able to cast it once the next pet enters the battle.

Wishbright Lantern:Royal pain. Your Anubisath Idol should still be alive at this point. Deflect the Illuminate, and follow up with Sandstorm in order to remove Sunny Day. (It is important that this buff is not active when the lantern casts Wish) Switch to Onyxian Whelpling and finish off the lantern. If Sandstorm wears off, switch back to the Anubisath Idol and refresh.

Gyrexle, the Eternal Mechanic:If your whelpling is still alive, try to get in as many hits as you can before it dies, and switch to the crab. Keep using conflagrate and burn. Cauterize when needed.

It took many swearwords to finally beat this tamer, and I am sure there are many viable tactics, but this is what I was able to do with the pets I had available.

Thanks for all the tips people. :)

Comment by Bloodlus

Comment by Avalonia

Anubisath Idol (Crush, Sandstorm, Deflection) - use Deflection when on cool down (unless the Idol of Decay is really low on health because then its more likely to cast Dark Rebirth instead of Rot... something you have to look out for)-Will easily handle Idol of Decay and come out at almost full health-your goal is to keep this pet alive until the fly storm of rot wears off (so it does not hit the whelping)

Scourged Whelping (Shadowflame, Call Darkness, Plagued Blood)-the goal here is to keep Call Darkness cast at the proper time to keep up darkness to counter the heals

Carry Pet-ideally a level 15+ elemental that will actually do damage in the round-substitute in carry pet at the beginning of Gyrexle-bring carry pet out and put Scourged Whelping back in-your focus is now to get Scourged Whelping killed right before the last turn so that bringing it back to life (undead ability) will allow you finish off Gyrexle and then let the pet die at the end of the round (giving all the experience to the carry)

Comment by WerewolfLink

My comp:

Anubisath Idol (1-1-1)Kills first Pet. This seems to be the most commonly accepted pet to start this fight.

Death Talon Whelpguard (2-2-1)Vs the Magic Lantern. Darkflame will reduce healing if the Lantern's heal manages to go through.

Hatespark the Tiny (2-1-1)Vs the Mechanical. Use 3rd ability to burn, then 2nd, dealing a huge amount of damage, finish with 1st Ability.

Comment by Larsen80

Mud Jumper, adjusted with anti-undead attacks, must use Bubble to endure the two lives of the idol - probably die just as the idol finally dies.

Untamed Hatchling must use it's anti-magic abilities against the lantern: two succesful Instability. Statiscally that only happens one in four attempts.

Sunflower enters against the robot and performs as many Inspiring Song as possible (two) while hitting with Lash and Early Advantage. Sunflower probably dies from rocket attack. Hatchling returns with more HP, enough to finish the robot.

Finish off with <Water Jet> if pets remain (should only be 1 cast, and mech passive should have already been spent)

Note: If it looks like Idol of Decay is about to die and Gyrexle has not spent his mech passive (never happened, but I guess you could get some really lucky sunlight crits on Idol), pass on the sunlight til Idol of Decay has rebirth has a 1 round cooldown, then kill him with sunlight, his passive and rebirth with proc, and you will have one more chance to cast sunlight before Idol dies. (He will cast it on CD when at low health)

Hope this helps with people with limited pet pools, or people trying for their Plushie achievement. I do it this way to level up some lowbie pets.

This is just something different to try if you are like me and are tired of grinding through with an Anubisath Idol. Good Luck!

Comment by Mistfeather

For the Elekk Plushie challenge, I did fairly well with an Amber Moth and Kun-Lai Runt.

My Moth put the first pet to sleep, which forced the opponent to swap - I swapped to Elekk until sleep cooldown was over, then used "Hug" to swap Moth back in without a penalty. Did sleep again, repeated Elekk coffee break until sleep was available again. When moth finally died, the Runt took care of the rest, freezing opponents, then stunning them, then double damage.

Comment by Taedran

The undead idol is a pain, but once he activates the dark ressurection, if you have a pet with Death Grip that you can use, just wait until he ressurects and cast Death Grip, it will switch the Idol out with another pet, but he'll continue to take that damage in the back row and die. The NPC isn't smart enough to switch him back in.

Comment by Kadael

Use Deflection again to instantly counter Rot, do not refresh Sandstorm.

At this point Idol may use its revive spell, its entirely dependant on Crushs DMG, if Idol's health is 260ish or below, it will cast the revive spell so do not hit it and use pass.

After that continue with Deflection to counter Rot directly after and spam Crush, Idol dies.

Lantern comes out, use Sandstorm so that Sunny Day is removed, Crush until Idol dies.

Tail Sweep spam from Whelpling will destroy the lantern. More Tail Sweep spam until Whelpling dies against the bot.

Mr Biggles can then use Claw if necessary to push his HP down (9 times out of 10 won't be necessary). Use Frost Nova as a finishing move, watch him revive and whack out Howling Blast, bot dies you win.

Its a long way overall of doing it, but its an almost guarantee'd win with 3 pets for your daily.

Comment by MGOG

A lot of my friends seem to be absolutely puzzled by this pet battle daily. It looks pretty hard... but I've got a flawless strategy for it, and now I pass it along to you guys here on Wowhead.

Before going further, I should probably mention that an addon that helps you keep track of enemy pet cooldowns will help greatly on this fight. I use this neat addon here:http://www.curse.com/addons/wow/derangement-pet-battle-cooldownsTo do so. I highly recommend it, because it comes in handy for any pet battle, not just this particular encounter.

If you followed my Ashlei and Vesharr guides, you should have a level 16, nearly 17, carry pet by the time you hit this tamer. I'm gonna show you how to carry it in the most painless way possible. First, you're gonna want an S/S Flayer Youngling, and you'll want an H/P Fel Flame. An H/S will work too, if you only have an H/S, but I have both, and H/P is the most effective here. If you don't have a Flayer Youngling, it's an incredible pet, and you ought to go find an S/S at Razorthorn Rise, between Hellfire Peninsula and Terokkar Forest, in Outland. If you don't have a Fel Flame, that can also be found in Outland, specifically around the giant volcano in the middle of the zone surrounded by green lava pits.

Begin with your carry pet out. Your carry pet should be able to take a hit from Cymre Brightblade's Idol of Decay. Specifically, the first ability it'll use will be Rot, which would make your pet especially vulnerable to its Swarm of Flies, but we're not going to let it do that. Swap out to Flayer Youngling. The Idol of Decay's Swarm of Flies will be weak against you, and each round, your humanoid racial will heal your Flayer back up for most of the damage it does, so spam Blitz until Rot comes off cooldown. When it does, use your Kick to stall, and then Deflection so Rot will be dodged. Continue to do this until the Idol of Decay is about to die.

Swap back out to Flayer Youngling. You ought to use your Deflection to dodge Gyrexle, the Eternal Mechanic's Launch Rocket, and spam Blitz at all other times, but here's the real kicker, and I do mean that quite literally: Repair can actually be interrupted with Kick if you use it on the round he's going to repair, meaning if Gyrexle, the Eternal Mechanic uses it, it'll result in about three rounds of him doing nothing and you getting free damage on him that isn't recovered in the slightest. Repair can go off and you should still be able to win, but it's worth pointing out that it can be interrupted.

If your carry pet was leveled to 16 off Ashlei and Vesharr, gets all the experience from this battle, and you have a Safari Hat on, your pet will instantly be leveled to 20, allowing that pet to hold its own for the most part in your remaining pet battle dailies.

Good luck, and have fun. Happy hunting!

Previous guide in series in the comments on:VesharrNext guide in series in the comments on:Taralune

Comment by Seahnjin

Just in case you, like me, absolutely cannot be assed to level some rare unique pets from level 1, here's how to beat her with 3 cheap wild pets you can catch at level 16+ (provided they're rare quality) :

Much like all the other posts talking about the Anubisath Idol, use the Flayer's Deflection on the first turn and then on cooldown to block Rot. The rest of the Idol's damage is laughable because humanoid pets heal themselves a bit. Just wail on it with your other attacks while blocking Rot every 3 turns.

For the Lantern, I used the Whelpling's Plagued Blood, DnD and Tail Sweep, pretty straightforward. It died right as my Whelping was about to enter its undead state, allowing me to reset Plagued Blood and DnD on Gyrexie before dying.

For Gyrexie, Geyser, Frost Shock and Ice Lance make it laughable.

Comment by akenatoth

This is a tactic that involves using only easy to get wild pets (Source->Pet Battle).

vs Idol of Decay: use Deflection everytime Rot is available, otherwise use Kick on cooldown and spam Blitz. If Idol of Decay gets around 200 hp it will use Dark Rebirth, so don't kill it (might have to pass 1 turn and use deflection vs Rot on the next). Once Dark Rebirth is gone, finish it (otherwise, if you accidentally kill him, just keep doing the usual rotation until Idol dies).

vs Wishbright Lantern: still with the Flayer, deflect Illuminate if you can. Anyway, get the Lantern's HP closer to 1000 before switching to Scourged Whelpling. On scourged whelping just use Call Darkness and then spam Tail Sweep until the lantern dies.

vs Gyrexle: if Scourged Whelpling is still alive, try do some damage with it. Otherwise, with the lava crab use Magma Wave everytime a rocket is up and spam Burn when there's no rocket. You shouldn't need any heals.

Comment by Lottibby

I found that using two Kun-Lai Runt worked well (and faster than other strats). Lead the fight off with a leveling pet, switching to one of the Kun-Lai Runt after the first round.

Once you get Runt in, start with Frost Shock and follow with Deep Freeze. She will swap the pets every time they are stunned. Try to keep the speed reduction up from Frost Shock, use Deep Freeze on CD as long as speed reduction is also up. Use Thrash as filler.

Comment by bestnipsna

Sharing what just worked for me, the poor man's pet tamer:

Send out Horny Toad first (Cleansing Rain/Frog Kiss) Open with Frog Kiss, followed by Cleansing Rain once you take damage or if you turn Idol of Decay into a frog and Cymre swaps in Wishbright Lantern. The lantern will always cast Sunny Day as its first move when brought out, so having the slower pet, be sure to use Cleansing Rain on the same turn. Continue using Frog Kiss (and Cleansing Rain on turns where your damage is meaningless, e.g. Idol of Death's revive turn) until Horny Toad dies.

Then Scourged Whelpling (Shadowflame/Call Darkness) Scourged Whelpling is slower than Wishbright Lantern so open with Call Darkness to counter Sunny Day, then blast the lantern with Shadowflame until it dies. You should even be able to get a hit or two on Gyrexle, the Eternal Mechanic with your revive turn.

Finally, Fel Flame (Burn/Immolate/Conflagrate)This guy melts Gyrexle. Immolate into Conflagrate, followed by a few burns will end the fight.

Keep Swarm up at all times, Bubble to damp Rot damage. Lick until idol is near 300. Pass and let Swarm do the damage. Idol should cast Dark Rebirth. If bubble is up, cast it. DK should expire. Lick until idol is dead. Note: Frog will either die with/or survive the idol.

Cast Moonfire, If Lantern does heavy damage and has way more HP cast Life Exchange. Cast Arcane Blast. Nether Faerie should also die with Lantern.

Last one was the easiest. Cast Immolate, Conflagrate, then burn until Gyrexle dies. Repeat process if burns expires.

This is my first run. Ill keep testing this method over the next few days to see if it will hold up.

Comment by Syngyn

Small frog (Swarm of Flies up at all times, then tongue lash is helpful)Anusibath Idol (Sandstorm, Deflection) Phoenix Hatchling (Burn, Immolate, Conflagrate....Gyrexle didn't stand a chance!)

Comment by Vrethsov

Is the information here outdated or something? I tried to fight her for the first time and all her pets were legendary quality, with more health and damage and speed than advertised on here. And it was the most frustrating bucket of balls I've had to deal with in long time.

Comment by VolRath217

If you're in a hurry and not trying to level a pet, this is hands down the easiest way to defeat this and much faster than with the Anubisath Idol.. well it was... Since you can't have both Geyser and Whirlpool anymore I've updated this, it's a couple of turns longer than before, but still faster than with Anubisath.

1. Dive2. Dive Resolves3. Water Jet4. Geyser5. Water Jet6. Switch to stitched pup7. Howl, geyser goes off (since he's stunned he can't cast Dark Rebirth)8-11. Pass until pup dies12. howl13-15 Breath until Lantern dies, it's always it used to always be dead before Wish goes off, now it's a bit RNG-dependent... (Gyrexle comes out)16. Thunderbolt (he'll cast Railgun)17-18. Breath (He's Repairing)19. Decoy (Repair will finish and he'll heal back to almost full)Then just Breath and Thunderbolt on cooldown until he dies. If in the unlikely event that the dragonling dies, your Water Spirit should be able to take him out with Water Jet

Comment by MotherOfDanbo

In this order:

Jungle Darter - swarm, rain, lash

Anubisath Idol - deflect, sandstorm, crush

Fel Flame - burn, immolate, conflagrate

Enjoy :)

Comment by GizdaHUN

Start with wolf.DodgeHowl2 hit Clawswap lvl 1 magic pet (it will be soak 2 hit)swap back to wolf1 hit ClawPass (If you didnt hit critical or if your hits was small on Idol of Decay He will use Dark Rebirth that's why you pass!After need to dodge again his RotFinish him.He come back for life because he is undead SWAP to Infinte.

Healing FlameThen just hit lantern with Sleeping GasAny time if lantern sleep will be swap the mechanical. So the next hit is Early Advantagethen just sleeping gas because all pet will be try heal and you can finish them. Or if whelp die use wolf and because its faster and got a dodge you can finish them.

2. Lil' Bling vs. Wishbright Lantern(SMCKTHAT.EXE, Extra Plating, Make It Rain)HARD: Use "Extra Plating" always, use "Make It Rain" then spam "SMCKTHAT.EXE". Maybe you die, but mechanical's resurrect is OP.

3. Molten Corgi vs. Wishbright Lantern(Flamethrower, Cauterize, Puppies of the Flame.TOO EASY: Start with Puppies, then Flamethrower, use heal after his Rocket. Use Puppies again after cooldown. Done.

Comment by lowtuned

Beat on the first try with fungal abomination, voodoo figurine, and fragment of anger.

Comment by Beefcubes

I used Anubisath Idol + Infinite Whelpling as I like to use what I already had.

I tried to sub in other pets for the mechanical pandaren dragon like what the first post used, but none of them worked for me.

Following the steps in the other post, after Anubisath died during their 2nd pet, I used Infinite Whelpling. I tailsweeped once, healing flame, then finished it off with tailsweep (although a tailsweep would've finished it off).With the last enemy, I Early advantaged it and it took him to <10% then finished it off with 2x tailsweep.

I've tried other substitutes and this was a 1 shot for me even with bad RNG with rot. I've found the whelpling to hit like a TRUCK.

Comment by blaquelight

Open with Anubisath and use Deflection -> Sandstorm > Crush until you can Deflect -> Sandstorm again, rinse, repeat. Just make sure you pass when the Idol uses Dark Rebirth so he doesn't come back at full health.

I let the Lamp kill Anubisath while repeating the above moves.

Lil' Deathwing uses Elementium Bolt then Shadowflame generally the Lamp is dead within 2 rounds when Bolt lands and I often simply kill Grexie with L'D as well if not then bring in Chrom and Howl/Surge

encounter over.

I understand not everyone has Lil' Deathwing but other posts here include pets I do not have so I thought I would throw this out there.

P.S. - Anubisath Idol can be picked up with a lucky bit of RNG and I HIGHLY recommend this pet. He has come in handy in far too many battles to not have him.

Comment by danicadb1

I just beat Cymre with these pets:First pet: deer use the first spell, then the second to help with healthsecond pet: Dragonkin use deep breath, and breaththird pet: sunflower use photosynthesis, sunlight, solar beamI beat her the first time, unlike the other day when it took me 2 hours to find the right pets, so today I just chose the right pet for each of her pets :)

Comment by Thorunn86

I cannot remember my steps exactly, but it went well. I had a team consisting of...

For Idol of Decay using Shore Crab, I used Shell Shield, then Renewing Mists, and kept them up while spamming Surge in between. It takes a while but Idol of Decay can barely scratch you. Do not kill Idol right away, instead pass on it's low-health turn where Idol of Decay casts Dark Rebirth so it drops off, then kill it. Re-cast Renewing Mists in the undead resurrection phase, then Surge to kill Idol for good.

For Wishbright Lantern I swapped in Nexus Whelping, cast Arcane Storm, then Mana Surge. This wiped the lantern out pretty quickly. Whelpling did die on me in the fight.

For Gyrexle, I swapped in Fel Flame, cast Immolate, then Immolation, then spammed Burn. The Immolate took care of him in his resurrection phase.

Hope this helps. Good luck!

Comment by Falcarra

I'll admit... This one was a bit daunting since she's really annoying due to Gyrexle's heal. Though, I did manage to finish her (after so many trials and errors due to lack of certain pets...) with the following team:

Anubisath is basically the pattern of Deflect, Sandstorm, then Crush until Deflect is off cooldown, then repeat. Just watch out for when the Idol casts Dark Rebirth. At which point, skip your next turn (Unless really bad RNG and it dies somehow, like after it uses its undead racial...)

Carry Anubisath into next fight against the lantern. Basically, it's the same pattern with Idol until Anubisath dies. Switch to Crimson Whelpling and use Scorched Earth. You'll need the damage-over-time to knock this one out fairly quickly. After that, just use Breath.

Carry the Whelpling into the next fight. You'll probably only last one round, but the Whelpling will get KO'd pretty fast. bring out Electrified Razortooth. Now, I will warn you that this will take a little bit of RNG, especially with that repair mechanic the little pesky bot has. The way I did it was to use Lightning Shield then Paralyzing Shock. About here, either the bot will use his repair mechanic while you're on cooldown after using Jolt or he'll use that rocket ability. Either way, keep Lightning Shield up for that reflected damage and hope that rocket thing does not come out to blow you up. Though, the Razortooth did stand up to two of them without too much trouble.

Hope this helps a bit for those who want pet variances, or pets that are bit easier to obtain (Whelpling might not be so easy, but you get the idea... XD)

Comment by vanzilar

Another 2 pet combo. Just didn't have 25s on the ones mentioned (like low level battels with those).

Leopard Tree Frog (Other frogs and frog types work but choose the speediest one for faster battle) Tounge Lash Healing wave (not the environment change) Swarm of Flies(Due to his speed.... heals are more important then cleaning rain to counter sunny day)

Fel Flame Flame Breath Scourched Earth Conflagerate (does double damage when either tick is active... make use of this)

Elek Cute as a button

Start with frog and do flies, then heal, then tounge lash till dead... if rez.. do extra flies and heal. If enemeny still alive, switch to elek.

Keep Elek up after the 1st enemy is dead until the undead and flies debuff is gone. Always use cute as a button to mitigate damage so you have extra time.Hug can also be useful one in a while....

Then switch with elek as needed (not often) to keep fel flame alive when necessary but you can then nuke the last guy, even if he full heals. I defeated him after he full healed because the other effects keep ticking on him while Elek is up.

Comment by daaani

Emperor Crab / Onyxian Whelping / Lil' Ragnaros = EASY

Comment by deven1969

This strategy is inspired by Ofire's strategy, but tuned to be more reliable and less subject to RNG failures. Thanks, Ofire!

Comment by mithrilweaver

You can approach this with Anubis deflecting wild crimson hatching and lil rag bring ing up the rear. with similar effect but end the fight much sooner but do significantly more damage.

Just remember to deflect the flies and to not kill pet #1 so as to not allow dark rebirth. I think that is the key.

Anubisath Idol with Crush, Sandstorm and DeflectionWild Crimson Hatchling with Tail Sweep, Healing Flame and Deep Breath against the lantern.Lil' Rag bringing up the rear with Flame thrower to start the burn, Conflagrate once your victim is burning due to the bonus damage, and crush without mercy with Sulfuras Smash, anything that still moves until you can power up for Conflagurate again if they still are alive.... grins

Comment by J3mmyJ

Okay so i defeated Crymre with Silkbead Snail(UnCommon), Death Talon Whelpguard and Sky-Bo in that order and only lost snail and Death Talon. I do not remember the rotation but i could defeat her with an uncommon and I am happy about that haha

Comment by xanevias

I did not have a lot of the pets listed or did but not high enough level so I went with Anubisath keeping deflection on as idols decay was available, and sandstorm then crush crush Deflection, Then i used the FelFlame just as he says in post above. Immolate, conflagrate burn burn. Not good enough though, then i used my Lil Ragnoros and used Sons of the flame, conflagrate and Sulfuras Smash. big thing was keeping sunlight off and also killing her before she could heal.

Comment by xanevias

I did not have a lot of the pets listed or did but not high enough level so I went with Anubisath keeping deflection on as idols decay was available, and sandstorm then crush crush Deflection, Then i used the FelFlame just as he says in post above. Immolate, conflagrate burn burn. Not good enough though, then i used my Lil Ragnoros and used Sons of the flame, conflagrate and Sulfuras Smash. big thing was keeping sunlight off and also killing her before she could heal.

1. DARK IDOL. Rotate through Deflect and Crush, using Sandstorm on CD and Deflect when his Rot comes off CD.2. When the Idol is going to cast Dark Rebirth, switch to Carry Pet. (You need to bring him to below about 300 health without killing him. This may not be possible with the Anubisath Idol - I think just restart the fight if you can't.) Swap back in Anubisath Idol and kill off the Dark Idol.3. LANTERN: Swap in Dragonling. Don't use Thunderbolt. Just kill the lantern fast as possible with Breath. If it gets off a heal, restart.6. GYREXLE. Just cast Thunderbolt on CD and Decoy if you get the chance. Fill with Breath. It will get off one heal, but you should be able to bring him down to low enough before dying.7. Bring Anubisath Idol back in. Finish off with Sandstorm

Comment by ahlahriawow

Didn't have the pets most other people used. Defeated this trainer with the following pets:

1. Anubisath Idol - Crush , Sandstorm, Deflection (keep deflecting his rot and you'll never take damage.2. Dark Whelpling - Tailsweep, Call Darkness (use Call Darkness when you go up against the lamp to turn it from sunlight to darkness, then just tailsweep till dead)3. Phoenix Hatchling - this pet will destroy the Gyrele mech. Immolate, then Conflagatte and burn until dead.

Good luck!

Comment by imilla

I used:

Jungle Grub 1/1/2Scourged Whelpling 2/1/1Fel Flame 1/1/1

First two pets died. Killed third with no problem. Now I need a fix for the first two so they don't die!

Comment by q8e192

MPD: DecoySwap to Teroclaw (whole reason for this swap is to avoid the initial Rot and have TH's Dodge C/D ready)Nature's WardDodgeAlpha Strike x 4 (or until Idol of Decay has < 250hp)Nature's WardDodge (should block Idol of Decay's Rot and prevent the Rebirth)Alpha Strike (for the kill)Swap to the Carry Pet (will take one take from the Swarm of Flies)Swap to MPDBombing Run (should do just enough damage to not trigger Wish)DecoyBreath x 3 (should kill Wishbright lantern)

At this point its a 3 vs 1 pet vs Gyrexle with a Teroclaw Hatchlingat full health. Should be smooth sailing from here

Comment by Sp1naker

I've been using Anubis + Dragonling combo for a long time but always wanted to try something a little bit quicker and different.

I've tested it on patch 7.0.3 and it worksEdit: tested it on 7.3 and still works

Came up with party which was earlier mentioned here by altimius (on 30/11/2014). Unfortunatelly he hasn't explained exacly how to go with the fight so I will instead.

Team: 1) Any Rabbit or Hare (all of them have the abilities that are needed and those which change doesn't matter for this particular fight), breed s/s, each has stats of 1400/227/357. Spells: (1/2/2) Scratch/Dodge/Stampede.2) Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling Spells: (1/2/2) Breath, Thunderbolt, Decoy.3) Carry pet/Elekk Plushie - note: can't be undead with less than 176 health - mostly likely higher than lvl 2 than, as Swarm of flies will deal 175 dmg per tick.

Turns 1-4: Start with Rabbit/Hare and use Dodge (for Idol's Rot) and follow up with Stampede.Turn 5: Use Scratch (you will get hit by rot)Problem: Scratch can crit which may lead to lossing the battle.Turns 6-7: Swap for your carry pet/Elekk Plushie and then swap again for Rabbit/Hare (you will get hit for 117 dmg from Swarm of Flies with your carry pet, a bit more if it's undead (175 dmg). Also Idol of Decay will use Dark Rebirth on this turn which you completly ignore.Turn 8: Use Scratch, that will trigger Idol's Undead passive.Turn 9: Use Dodge, which will make you avoid 2nd Rot hit. Note that Swarm of Flies dmg is lowered here by 25% due to 7.0.3 changes. Idol dies, Cymre will summon Wishbright Lantern. Your critter will be close to dying, ~60hp.Problem: If Swarm of Flies crits in turn 8 and turn 9 your critter will die, which will lose you the battle.

Turn 13: Use Thunderbolt.Problem: Gyrexle can crit with Railgun which can cause to lossing the battle.Turns 14-15: Breath, Gyrexle will use Repair (don't worry :) ).Turn 16: Decoy, Gyrexle will heal.Turns 17-18: Breath, Decoy will block Railgun hit.Turn 19: Thunderbolt, Decoy will block Rocket hit, also Sunny Day is no longer at this turn (or next one if you had to use 3 turns to kill Lantern).Turns 20-21: Breath. On turn 21 Gyrexle will use Railgun causing your Dragonling's death and triggering his passive.Turn 22: Breath. Gyrexle will use Repair.Turn 23: Breath, Gyrexle dies.

Comment by anasa

Blossoming Ancient (2,2,2) is amazing for this fight.

I use it and an Infinite Whelpling (1,1,2).

Start with the Ancient. Cast Sunlight > Ironbark > Photosynthesis > Ironbark. Use Sunlight on cooldown and keep the other two buffs up. Your goal is to stall her first pet to let Sunlight get her backline down below 50%. (Also stall out the Idol's dark resurrection)

When her Idol of Decay goes into its undead turn, switch to the Whelpling. Darkflame Wishbright Lantern's Wish, heal yourself, and Tail Swipe her to death.

Use the Whelpling until it dies (sometimes you can Darkflame the gnome's Repair also), otherwise swap back in your basically full health Ancient.

It's a zillion turns, but same as before: Sunlight on cooldown, alternate Ironbark with other abilities. Eventually the gnome goes down, and you'll be at full health most of the fight.

Comment by siyrn

got lucky with 1 - dancing water skimmer (i imagine anything w/ the same abilities would work) 2- fel flame 3. devouring maggot almost made it w/just the first 2

Comment by Arnastrasz

Why only 2 pet charms if you win over this trainer? The others are a lot easier and they offer the same reward. What a waste of time.

Comment by CrusaderBoB

i honestly think she is easier then she seems here my team:spirit crab-abilities-1,2,1- the shell shield blocks most of the dot from the idol and you deel good damage, anything with shell shield or related effects would probably workDarkwelpling-abilities-1,2,1-i just used him for the darkness effect really dragonkin with darkness or related effects should workmolten man-abilities-1,1,1- i thought extra plating was gonna be helpful for the robots 2 turn attack, but honestly i got a lucky crit and killed him in 2 turns so any elemental damage should work.i didnt do anything special just keep shell shield up and do as much dps as possible until crab dies, dark welpling is in next use darkness you should get your dragonkin passive and 2 shot the lamp after that, and honestly just do damage to the robot, its probably better if your faster then the robot but it did not matter to me at all.

Comment by snobahr

Fel Pup until dead, Emmigosa until dead, cross fingers and finish with Cinder Kitten. Took a good 2 hours of playing around with a bunch of 25s to find a combo that made it through.Just remember that Dark Rebirth from Idol of Decay will take effect AFTER he dies and undead-rezzes. It'll seem like constant-rezzing, but it's frustratingly not. If, however, you can do something to let the turn the Idol launched it go by without it dying, you can safely kill it while the spell is on cooldown.

Comment by Mikszta

Worked with Dung Beetle , Emerald Proto - Whelp and Golden Dragonhawk Hatchling . Of course first few tries I was wondering how to avoid the first pet rebirth , but need to just pass when he is on very very low health like about 100 - 200 hp . Sometimes it needs just a bit of luck :)

Comment by gottabethebest1

So I tried Ofire's strat, which read a little confusingly, so I've cleaned it up a bit.

Anubisath Idol goes out first:1. Deflection2. Sandstorm*note that while Sandstorm is up, there is a chance your Crush attack will not hit. If you have bad RNG and more than one miss, you may not be able to succeed later on, but for this strat I recommend continuing forward if only one Crush misses. For two or more misses, it is a judgement call3. Crush4. Crush5. Deflection6. Crush7. Crush. He might be around 300HP right now. This is where it gets complicated.--Idol of Decay will not cast Dark Rebirth UNLESS he is in the 200s or below in HP. If you keep passing while he is even at 301HP, he will keep hitting you and not use Dark Rebirth. If you use Crush or Sandstorm to kill him, as an undead pet he will return to life and immediately use Dark Rebirth, guaranteeing the effect will work next turn when he automatically dies--This means if your Anubisath Idol does not get him below 300HP by this point, this method will not work from here on out.Here are your options depending on his HP after step 7:8. If he has more than 423HP, hit him with Crush. A) If you get a critical hit and kill him, forfeit. B) If he does not die, Pass. He should cast Dark Rebirth. Use Deflection, then Crush him until dead.8. If he has between 300-423HP, you could take a chance with Crush and hope you get a low hit, or you can forfeit.8. If he has less than 300HP, anywhere in the 200s, he should use Dark Rebirth. Use Deflect, then pass until Dark Rebirth is done. Crush until dead.

The next enemy pet, Wishbright Lantern, comes out.1. Deflection if available, otherwise use Sandstorm. You want to get rid of his Sunlight area effect.2. If you used Deflection last turn, use Sandstorm now. Otherwise, use Crush and Deflection on cooldown until the Idol is dead.

Bring out carry pet, then immediately switch to Mechanical Pandaren Hatchling:1. Breath until it dies. Should take 2-3.

This is what (finally) worked for me:Gleamhoof Fawn: Start with Nature's Ward, then Hoof till Undead dies. When it raises, use Bleat to heal and keep up Ward while using Hoof as much as possible.Fawn dies, next pet.

I couldn't do this with 2 pets no matter what I tried. Good luck, this was by far the most frustrating pet battle in WoD for me.

Comment by Ashlatta

Here's how I defeated her with some junky pets. It was close but if you use these steps you will win, maybe with a little luck.

First pet (Against her undead): Masked Tanuki Pup - Consistently beats first boss1) Powerball2) Tongue lash until her pet dies the first time and is reborn with full health. 3) As soon as her first pet revives with full health, use Survival.4) Tongue lash until her first pet dies. Your pet will then die.

Second pet (Against her Magic): Wild Crimson Hatchling - This one doesn't consistently win, I tried a cinderpup and it worked slightly better.1) Breath2) Healing Flame 3) Breath until her pet dies. Yours will die around the same time

Third pet (Against her Mechanical): Water Waveling1) Geyser2) Frost Shock3) Ice Lance until you win

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Comment by Pastoral

I don't have the pets that people are recommending you use on this one, so I don't bother with it.

Cymre Brightblade is "living" proof that the Devs cannot win at anything, unless they cheat.

The Idol of Decay is still able to cast his Insect Swarm (which does FAR more damage than this substandard website would have you believe) on Molten Corgi, even when Puppies of the Flame is active.

Puppies of the Flame is supposed to make Molten Corgi unattackable, but somehow it still lands on him. That's not supposed to happen.

Like I said, the Devs cannot win anything, unless they cheat.

Comment by Zharaella

This strategy in part belongs to Ashlatta (posted on 2017/03/05 (Patch 7.1.5)) please read it for the details on the 1st & 3rd pet moves.

I tried Ash's strategy but it failed a number of times because the second pet Wild Crimson Hatchling could not get her magic Lantern pet down before it healed up and my hatchling died.

However, Ash's 1st and 3rd pet choices worked like a charm and I got it to work finally with some minor tweaking.

1st pet was Bandicoon Kit against Idol of Decay, same pet moves:- Powerball, Tongue Lash & Survival.2nd pet I used Nexus Whelpling against Wishbright Lantern:- Countered her Illuminate with Arcane Storm, Frost Breath to burn her down and as soon as she cast 'Wish' used Mana Surge to finish her off. 'Wish' transfers to her last pet but since it's already at 100% health it's redundant.3rd pet was Water Waveling against Gyrexle, same pet moves:- Geyser, Frost Shock & Ice Lance.

Worth noting that there are several critters with similar moves to Masked Tanuki Pup and I tried a few of them, not all of them won and I think it had a bit to do with the speed of the wild critters I had captured. My Bandicoon Kit that mastered the Idol was the slowest.

Comment by itsAnyTime

I have to say, it is really hard and not always a success, but it is possible with the following simple Team (tested in patch 7.3.0 too):

Try to spam "frog kiss",best start: frog kisswater jethealingfrog kiss.. until opponent is changing to.latern:switch to fire beetle (The Fire Beetle is strong against the latern.)hissburning earthbrandlatern should die from beetle or 1 round after.

It is a long fight and often veeeeery close.

Good luck! :)

Comment by ChopAxePiece

Sorry but no amount of strats for this fight will work for me. its got to be the biggest and most full of &*!@ pet battle ever....3 pets that can heal for virtually all there health while yours are taking double hits even when burrowed under ground.This NPC is seriously over powered with pets and she can get rekt has far as im concerned. Nice way to ruin a questline Blizz

Comment by Malian

As I don't have any of the special pets everyone is always talking about I had to try with something else, so here are my pets to beat her: